Dear Friend, You may have heard that California, the nation's largest agricultural producer, is on the verge of approving a potent carcinogenic gas for use on strawberry fields and other food crops. The chemical -- methyl iodide -- is so toxic that scientists in labs use only small amounts with special protective equipment, yet agricultural applications mean it could be released directly into the air and water. Whatever California decides, the only surefire way to keep this poison away from our food and farm workers is for the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to re-evaluate and ban methyl iodide at the federal level. There is a petition to the EPA asking them to de-register methyl iodide for agricultural use,; follow the link below.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/methyl_iodide_epa/?r_by=9435-1383296-yLENCsx&rc=mailto1
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